Inspirational Quotes on Friendship

“True friendship needs no reciprocation.”

“Hearts are united when they ache and break together.”

“No man can be provident of his time who is not prudent in the choice of his company.”

“He that does a base thing in zeal for his friend burns the golden thread that ties their hearts together.”

“Secrecy is the chastity of friendship.”

“Friendship is the allay of our sorrows, the ease of our passions, the discharge of our oppression, the sanctuary of our calamities, the counselor of our doubts, the clarity of our minds, the emission of our thoughts, the exercise and improvement of what we dedicate.”

“By friendship you mean the greatest love, the greatest usefulness, the most open communication, the noblest sufferings, the severest truth, the heartiest counsel, and the greatest union of minds of which brave men and women are capable.”

“Never be a judge between thy friends in any matter where both set their hearts upon the victory. If strangers or enemies be litigants, whatever side thou favorest, thou gettest a friend; but when friends are the parties thou losest one.”

“Man and wife are equally concerned to avoid all offense of each other in the beginning of their conversation. A little thing can blast an infant blossom.”

“Observe thyself as thy greatest enemy would do, so shalt thou be thy greatest friend.”

“Love is friendship set on fire.”

“It is true that a fellow cannot ignore women - but he can think of them as he ought - as sisters, not as sparring partners.”

“He that forgets his friend is ungrateful to him; but he that forgets his Saviour is unmerciful to himself.”

“The love of our private friends is the only preparatory exercise for the love of all men.”

“Old friends are best. King James used to call for his old shoes; they were the easiest for his feet.”

“If you know people in your church or your neighborhood that are facing adversity, I encourage you to offer a hand of friendship to them. That is what Jesus would do.”

“Next to hypocrisy in religion, there is nothing worse than hypocrisy in friendship.”

“In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”

“Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend.”

“The dearest friend on earth is a mere shadow compared to Jesus Christ.”